Muthiah Alagappa is Distinguished Senior Fellow at the East-West Center Washington. He is the editor of" Asian Security Order: Instrumental and Normative Features "(Stanford, 2003)," Coercion and Governance: The Declining Political Role of the Military in Asia "(Stanford, 2001)," Asian Security Practice: Material and Ideational Influences "(Stanford, 1998), and" Political Legitimacy in Southeast Asia: The Quest for Moral Authority "(Stanford, 1995).